Back شبكة بحث المدن العالمية والعولمة Arabic Globalization and World Cities Research Network German Red de Investigación sobre la Globalización y las Ciudades del Mundo Spanish شبکه تحقیقاتی جهانی شدن و شهرهای جهان Persian GaWC French Globalisasi dan Jaringan Penelitian Kota Dunia ID Globalization and World Cities Research Network Italian GaWC研究 Japanese GaWC Korean عالمگیریت تے عالمی شہر تحقیق نیٹ ورک PNB
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| Established | 1998 |
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| Director | Peter J. Taylor |
| Location | Loughborough, United Kingdom |
| Website | gawc |
The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a British think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. It is based in the geography department of Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. GaWC was founded by Peter J. Taylor in 1998.[1] Together with Jon Beaverstock and Richard G. Smith, they create the GaWC's biennial categorization of world cities into "Alpha", "Beta" and "Gamma" tiers. The three tiers are further divided into subgroupings using plus and minus signs. The categorization is based upon the author's views of "international connectedness", primarily shown through a regions advanced services firms, such as in accountancy, finance and law).[2]
- ^ Taylor, Peter J. (2004). World city network: a global urban analysis. Routledge. p. ix. ISBN 0-415-30249-8. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ Donald, Stephanie; Gammack, John G. (2007). Tourism and the branded city. London: Ashgate Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7546-4829-1. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2010.